Assistant Manager Djanogly Leisure Centre

Job Description
Contract Type:
Permanent

Working Hours:
37 hours per week

Worker Type:
Onsite Worker

Salary:
Starting Salary is £36,363 (Level one) rising to £39,152 (Level four) per annum (pro-rata for part-time)

Location:
Djanogly Community Leisure Centre, Nottingham NG7 6ND

Are you someone who has a passion for Sport and Leisure?

We've got an exciting opportunity available for a talented individual to join our workforce - perhaps this is the opportunity you've been looking for?

Working for Nottingham City Council has great benefits. As well as competitive pay, great leave entitlement and access to a generous pension scheme, we strive to create an innovative, inclusive and progressive work culture where everyone is supported to do and be their very best.

In return, we are looking for people like you - people who are innovative, driven and committed to serving and improving Nottingham. So, if you are passionate about making a difference to the lives of those who live and work in our city, we want to hear from you.

* You can read more about the different benefits offered to colleagues working for Nottingham City Council here .

About The Role
We are looking for an enthusiastic, motivated, experienced individual that can join the team. Acting as an Assistant Manager within Sport and Leisure Service's, to improve the performance and delivery of leisure provision across the City. Being responsible for the leadership and management of colleagues to drive performance of the team and facilities delivering safe, efficient and effective facilities under the control of the Assistant Manager.

About You
The ideal candidate will have:

• National Pool Lifeguard Qualification
• First Aid at Work, if not you are expected to obtain within first 12 weeks
• Ideally Pool Plant Operators, if not you are expected to obtain within first 12 weeks

Essential Criteria

• Drive and motivation, ability to deliver against challenging objectives
• Ability to be creative, to be able to identify problems and work to create solutions
• Evidence of actively working with others to improve collaboration internally and externally
• Experience of the management of leisure facilities
• A DBS enhanced check for a regulated activity is required for this post.
• You can find the job description for this post here

At Nottingham City Council we believe that work is what you do, not where you do it. We offer different working arrangements, depending on the role, including hybrid working. Further information on Worker Types and what these mean in terms of how and where you work can be found on the
additional information
for applicants page.

For informal enquiries please contact Lucie Johnstone via email: Email Address Link

Closing Date:
7th December 2025

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About Us
Thank you for your interest in working for Nottingham City Council. As one of the largest employers in Nottingham we offer a wide range of roles across a range of services. In return for your skill, drive and commitment to serving the people of Nottingham, we can help you to develop an exciting and rewarding career, with access to the following benefits.

In addition to working within a great team and a competitive salary you will have access to:

• 26 days annual leave (rising to 33 days after 5 years' service) + bank holidays with the ability to buy additional leave annually
• Access to a generous, defined benefit pension scheme offering 17.9%
• Smart Working – to support your work life balance
• Health and wellbeing benefits including access to our Employee Assistance Programme
• Discounted membership at selected local sports and fitness centres, cinema, shopping and much more

Nottingham City Council is committed to recruiting a talented workforce that reflects the communities we serve. We are a fair and inclusive employer and welcome applications from people from all backgrounds and with different abilities. We recruit for diversity and value difference.

We particularly want to hear from you if you are from Minority Ethnic communities, identify within the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer+ community (LGBTQ+) and if you are Disabled - these groups of people are underrepresented in our workforce, and we'd like to reflect our local population more through our recruitment processes.

We are supportive of flexible working arrangements wherever possible and we would encourage you to discuss this with us during the selection process, should this be something you are interested in.